On December 11, 2007, outgoing New Jersey Health Commissioner Fred Jacobs gave a gift to Merck, the vaccine and pharmaceutical giant: every pres schooler in New Jersey must receive the flu-enriched shot along with other dangerous vaccines. Parental objections were over ridden by Jacobs who dismissed. Councilwoman Charlotte Vandervalk (R-Bergen) opposed the regulations and has introduced a bill to make exemptions on conviction alone an option for parents. Merck’s Corporate headquarters is in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
You can let the Commissioner know how you feel about this by going to the following NJ state link and completing the Comment Form, selecting “General Feedback” in the Program field: http://www.nj.gov/health/feedback.shtml – please be polite…
We’ll also be following these developments through our fellow foundation trustee Ralph Fucetola JD and his blog,
http://vitaminlawyerhealthfreedom.blogspot.com
And you can Take Action here:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/t/1128/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=21833
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Here is the article from the Jersey Journal:
The Jersey Journal
PRE-K FLU VAX
Jersey order to be first some parents oppose it
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
TRENTON – New Jersey moved yesterday toward becoming the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers after a health advisory board backed new vaccine mandates over the opposition of worried parents.
The Public Health Council voted to require New Jersey children attending preschool or licensed day care to get annual flu shots, and to get three additional vaccines for youngsters starting Sept. 1, 2008.
No other state requires preschool, day care or older students to get flu shots, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The state’s health commissioner, Dr. Fred M. Jacobs, has until next Tuesday to sign off on the mandates, though they have already been approved by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. Health Department spokesman Tom Slater said Jacobs was expected sign off on the proposal.
Besides the flu shots, New Jersey also will require preschoolers to get a pneumococcal vaccine and sixth-graders to get a whooping cough booster shot and a meningitis shot.
“Implementation of these rules will save lives and prevent disease and suffering in children, their families and the community,” deputy health commissioner Dr. Eddy Bresnitz told the council yesterday.
The Council voted in favor of the requirements 5-2, with one abstention, with member Dennis San Filippo saying he would like to see studies done on whether it’s safe for young children to get so many doses of different vaccines.
All four vaccines are recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups.
Parents concerned about possible dangers of the new vaccines and government intrusion in family medical decisions have been trying to block the new shots.
They note that flu vaccines contain trace amounts of mercury, a toxic heavy metal, and that mercury-free shots can be difficult to obtain.
According to the CDC and other scientific groups, there’s no convincing evidence the trace amounts of mercury in flu shots cause harm.
Following the vote yesterday, concerned parents said they will keep urging support for a bill that would give parents a right to a “philosophical objection” to vaccine mandates, as many other states have.
The new vaccines will be available for free for low-income families through the federal Vaccines for Children program, and private insurers generally will cover the cost, Bresnitz said.
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And this is what the Star Ledger reported about Assemblywoman Vandervalk, leading the opposition to forced vaccinations:
“I’m gravely concerned about what’s happening here today,” said Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk (R-Bergen), a sponsor of a bill (A165) that would allow parents to opt out of the vaccine mandates by filing a “conscientious exemption” form with the local health department.
“With New Jersey reporting the highest incidence of autism and a cause yet to be identified, we don’t know what will happen,” she said. “What happened to our freedom?”
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It is our hope that lots of Jersians and others concerned with this issue will send strong messages of support for Assembly member Vandervalk’s strong, principled stands against the “clout” of Big Pharma. Her bill has been “prefiled” for the new legislature that starts meeting in January. We’ve spoken to her office and she appreciates all the support that can be generated for this bill.
Please check back for updates and new Action Items.
And, of course, we need your generous help to make this possible:
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php/index.php?page_id=189
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UPDATE
The following is a sample of information we’re continually receiving about the Compulsory Vaccination issue and is reprinted here to give you an idea of how important this issue is becoming. With your help, we can magnify our “netroots” (Internet grassroots) impact on public policy. Please make sure you get your friends and email contacts to join the eAlert list at www.healthfreedomusa.org today!
From our DC advocate, Charles Frohman – http://www.cfrohman.com/
1. Alberta Health halts mumps inoculations
Posted by: “C. F.” cfroh@yahoo.com cfroh
Date: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:37 pm ((PST))
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
Alberta Health halts mumps inoculations
The Canadian Press
December 12, 2007
Edmonton — Alberta has suspended its campaign to vaccinate young
people against mumps because of severe allergic reactions to the vaccine.
Alberta Health says it is holding off on inoculating 17- to
26-year-olds after five young people with a history of allergies had
bad responses.
All five have recovered.
The campaign was undertaken because of an outbreak of mumps around the
province.
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Maryland Mass Forced Vaccination Update –
2. 700 Maryland parents exposed to jail for nonvaccination
Posted by: “C. F.” cfroh@yahoo.com cfroh
Date: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:37 pm ((PST))
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
More Students Are Vaccinated
The number of Prince George’s County students who have not met the
state’s immunization requirements dropped by more than half over the
past month after State’s Attorney Glenn F. Ivey (D) threatened
students’ parents with fines and possible jail time, a school system
spokesman said Monday.
Spokesman John White said that 1,084 students had not received a full
program of shots for chicken pox and hepatitis B as of Saturday. This
was a significant improvement over the situation Nov. 13, when Ivey
and school officials sent a letter to the parents of more than 2,300
students warning that they could face a $50 fine for each day they
were out of compliance or up to 10 days in jail.
“The letter certainly got people’s attention,” White said. “It had the
desired effect.”
Many parents reported to free clinics to get their children the
vaccines; others provided proof that they’d gotten the immunizations
in the past. Parents may also request medical and religious exemptions
from the immunization requirement, which the state put into effect in
January.
Of those who have not gotten immunized, White said slightly more than
700 students’ parents — what White called “chronic” cases where there
is no sign that they have made an effort to get immunized or provide
an exemption — have been referred to Ivey’s office for possible legal
action.
Ramon V. Korionoff, a spokesman for Ivey’s office, said last week that
no parents had been fined or jailed.
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3. Merck recalls over 1m doses of children’s vaccine
Posted by: “C. F.” cfroh@yahoo.com cfroh
Date: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:37 pm ((PST))
Merck recalls over 1m doses of children’s vaccine
Published on Thursday, December 13, 2007.
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Source: AP – Media Monarchy
merck recalls over 1m doses of children’s vaccine
More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young
as two months was being recalled Wednesday because of contamination
risks, but the top U.S. health official said it was not a health threat.
The recall is for 1.2 million doses of the vaccine for Hib, which
protects against meningitis, pneumonia and other serious infections,
and a combination vaccine for Hib and hepatitis B. The vaccine is
recommended for all children under 5 and is usually given in a
three-shot series, starting at two months.
Drug maker Merck & Co., which announced the recall after testing
showed a sterilization problem in a Pennsylvania factory, said
concerned parents should contact their child’s doctor.
“The potential for contamination of any individual vaccine is low,”
said Merck spokeswoman Kelly Dougherty.
Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, echoed that in a news conference.
“This is not a health threat in the short run, but it is an
inconvenience,” she said.
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5. Re: Bush Set To Veto To Remove Mercury From Infant Vaccines
Posted by: “Charles D. Frohman” cfroh@yahoo.com cfroh
Date: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:37 pm ((PST))
Thanks! I blogged about this and would love it if you commented: click
www.CommonInterest.info and scroll down to “pre-holiday threats to liberty”
Jessica Frohman
in the subject and its one I am informed about as well… thought you might be
interested in this…
Bush Set To Veto To Remove Mercury From Infant Vaccines Infant Vaccines
President Bush would veto the HHS-Labor-Education Appropriations Bill because of
the cost and “objectionable provisions” such as a measure to ban the use of
childhood flu vaccines that contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative.
Autism advocacy groups are outraged because President Bush stated in a
questionnaire during his 2004 campaign: “I support the removal of Thimerosal
from vaccines on the childhood national vaccine schedule. During a second term
as President, I will continue to support increased funding to support a wide
variety of research initiatives aimed at seeking definitive causes and/or
triggers of autism. It is important to note that while there are many possible
theories about causes or triggers of autism, no one material has been definitely
included or excluded.”
But since 2005, President Bush has steadfastly refused to issue an Executive
Order banning high amounts of mercury in vaccines that would protect children
and pregnant women despite repeated requests from the autism community that he
uphold his campaign promise. Under his current administration, mercury has been
and will continue to be knowingly injected into the youngest of American
citizens. The controversial mercury-containing preservative thimerosal has been
linked by thousands of parents as being the cause of their children’s mercury
poisoning and autism.
The flu vaccine which continues to be manufactured with mercury is recommended
for all pregnant women, infants and children despite the fact that the Institute
of Medicine in 2001 recommended against the policy of exposing these same
sensitive groups to thimerosal containing vaccines. According to the EPA, one in
every six women of childbearing age already has blood levels of mercury high
enough to cause neurological damage to their unborn children due to
environmental exposures alone.
“Injecting even more mercury into the bodies of pregnant women, infants and
children when it is not a necessary component of vaccines is just bad medicine,”
said Lyn Redwood, president of SafeMinds and parent of a mercury-injured child.
“It defies logic that a flu vaccine must be disposed of as a hazardous waste if
it is not used, but somehow injecting the same mercury-containing vaccine into a
baby is safe.”
Charles D. Frohman
202-536-4346 (office)/202-258-8027 (mobile)
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6. Vaccine Politics
Posted by: “C. F.” cfroh@yahoo.com cfroh
Date: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:37 pm ((PST))
http://infowars.net/articles/december2007/131207Vaccine.htm
Vaccine Politics
Rick Fisk
Lew Rockwell.com
Thursday December 13, 2007
The first vaccine mandated by governments was the small pox vaccine.
Today, you’ll hear any number of medical professionals refer to the
vaccine as proof of Western military medicine’s superiority over any
other discipline. The World Health Organization proclaims proudly to
anyone who will listen that the vaccine has eradicated smallpox (yet
for a disease “indistinguishable from smallpox,” apply the same
vaccine used to protect against smallpox).
So prevalent is the favorable view of vaccines, that people who
question this “truism” are ridiculed. But, when the vaccine had been
about 100 years old (it is now over 200 years old), it had its
detractors. One of them was a scientist, Alfred Russel Wallace.
Wallace was an interesting man. His list of accomplishments is
stunning. Sometimes referred to in England as the “Grand Old Man of
Science,” he continued to produce papers into his 90s. A reluctant
socialist, he felt that science and government didn’t mix and had no
problem arguing against government involvement in science.
Wallace focused on biology and zoology in his early career and turned
to social issues later in life. One such social issue was vaccination.
He noted in 1906 that doctors were not the best judges of a vaccine’s
efficacy though they were continuously consulted on vaccination policy
by government officials.
In the first place they are interested parties, both pecuniarily
and in a much greater degree on account of professional training and
prestige. Only three years after vaccination was first introduced, on
the recommendation of the heads of the profession, and their expressed
conviction that it would give lifelong protection against a terrible
disease, Parliament voted Jenner [the scientist who created the
smallpox vaccine derived from cowpox] £10,000 in 1802, and £20,000
more in 1807, besides endowing vaccination with £3,000 a year in 1808.
From that time doctors as a body were committed to its support; it has
been taught for nearly a century as an almost infallible remedy in all
our medical schools; and has been for the most part accepted by the
public and the legislature as if it were a well-established scientific
principle, instead of being as the historian of epidemic diseases –
Dr. Creighton – well terms it, a grotesque superstition.
This quote is from a summary of his original arguments against
mandatory use of the smallpox vaccine in 1889: Vaccination: Proved
Useless & Dangerous. (Wallace wasn’t one for mincing words.) The 1889
work was an epidemiological study which showed that smallpox rates in
London and the rest of England were not reduced at all by the
mandatory use of the vaccine. In fact, other illnesses increased
during the time that the smallpox vaccination was forced on the
population suggesting that the effect on immunity was negative rather
than positive as vaccination proponents kept asserting.
The 1889 study was instrumental in influencing public opinion and
ultimately forcing the repeal of laws making smallpox vaccination
mandatory in England. Other European nations followed suit. The U.S.
government’s medical and scientific organizations and the World Health
Organization have disregarded Wallace’s findings, as well as a long
list of subsequent papers and corroborations, and have proclaimed that
the smallpox vaccine was a smashing success.
This has occurred, in spite of the fact that there have been no
counter-examples to disprove the contrary view. There have been many
examples since which tend to support Wallace’s conclusions however.
For instance, one of the most stunning antidotes to the idea that
smallpox was eradicated due to mandatory vaccination is the Japanese
example. The practice of “revaccination” was prevalent there (and in
the British Navy) until their vaccination rate exceeded 100%! In spite
of this, Japan faced huge smallpox epidemics. All told, the Japanese
lost 48,000 people to smallpox, most of them vaccinated at least once.
When the government stopped the mandatory vaccinations, the epidemics
were finally arrested. Were the smallpox vaccination truly effective
as a prophylactic, such an example could not exist. Unfortunately,
there are dozens just like it all over the world.
In 1904, the U.S. Army decided to forcibly vaccinate the Philippine
population ostensibly to improve health conditions but more likely
intended to protect military personnel. They touted its success when
in the following two years smallpox appeared to be under control.
However, from 1917 to 1919, in a population of 11 million that had a
reported 100% vaccination rate, smallpox epidemics claimed over 70,000
lives out of 163,000 reported infections.
By contrast, Australia, from 1900 to 1915, which never instituted a
mandatory vaccine program, reported 3 deaths due to smallpox over the
entire period.
A doctor who treated smallpox victims in San Antonio near the turn of
the century wrote of his experiences. Charles Campbell became so
trusted by his patients and coworkers that they agreed to allow him to
expose them to smallpox to help him prove his own theories about how
smallpox was transmitted, treated and how its effects could be minimized.
Only one of his patients received the pock marks so customarily
associated with the disease and that patient’s pock marks were “done
intentionally.” Dr. Campbell’s belief, based on his observations and
experience, was that smallpox was spread by bed bugs, a pest most of
us haven’t had to experience in our lifetimes but is making a
comeback. That the bed bug could be a vector makes logical sense given
what we know about the spread of smallpox to Native American
populations via blanket distributions. Viruses do not live for long
periods of time absent a host; unlike bacteria which can lay dormant
for decades while retaining viability. Bed bugs, like fleas, offer a
convenient host for a virus and can live for weeks without food in
unwashed bedding. Campbell’s work has been mostly ignored by the
establishment medical community and the press.
Why haven’t Campbell’s experiences, treatment results and the general
knowledge of the smallpox vaccine’s danger been more prevalent instead
of the current view that vaccines are a modern miracle?
This puzzling contradiction doesn’t just apply to the smallpox
vaccine. We’re told that polio’s low current rate of infection is due
to the vaccine. However, a closer look tends to discredit that idea as
well. Those who track world health statistics do not consider
vaccination as having reduced disease rates by any more than 3%
world-wide during the 19th and 20th centuries. The reduction in
infectious disease has been attributed to sanitary improvements or
natural immunity and natural disease cycles, not vaccination.
Furthermore, since 1970, there have been no cases of polio in the U.S.
which are not attributed to the vaccine itself.
In spite of the overwhelming evidence against the benefits of
vaccination, our own government health officials continue to recommend
a growing battery of vaccinations, starting with infants at birth. The
CDC’s recommended vaccination schedule(pdf) is staggering compared to
what it was just 20 years ago. If you strictly followed the CDC’s
recommendations, your child would have twenty-five vaccine injections
by the time they reached four years of age. What justifies such a number?
To be fair, the growing list of vaccinations is suggestive rather than
mandatory. That being said, there are government officials who use
these suggestions to augment the list of “mandatory” vaccinations that
children must have before attending public school. Think about that
for a second. How are state school boards qualified to mandate
vaccination schedules?
Doubts over the efficacy of vaccines appear to be increasing as
information has been made available. Until the internet, many of the
contrary studies were not available to the general public. We are only
recently discovering that what we’re told by our own government
agencies and the drug companies they appear to represent, are not
exactly representative of the facts.
The list of additives and basic ingredients found in many vaccines
would be otherwise advised against by ethical medical professionals,
but we are told repeatedly by our own FDA that there is no evidence to
suggest that injecting mercury (thimerosal) and other additives
directly into the bloodstream is harmful. Meanwhile, the EPA will send
in armed police to shut down somebody’s private business as an
immanent threat to the population if some bureaucrat happened to
detect mercury on or about the premises.
Why the disparity? Quite frankly, it is because the corporations who
create the vaccines have gained control over our regulatory agencies
and legislative bodies. The FDA’s regulations have been continuously
augmented internally and by Congress to protect pharmaceutical
companies from litigations. The Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting
System has been put in place to protect the public, but is really a
way to protect the drug companies from lawsuits.
Apathy and lack of confidence in ourselves has led to an irrational
reliance upon government experts employed by the, FDA, CDC and WHO to
inform us about the causes of disease and to control how our
government responds to health crises. That is a lot of power
concentrated in one place.
What has resulted from this unholy marriage of corporate interests and
the government is not public health but political medicine. Both
figuratively and literally, political medicine is poison that seeks to
destroy common sense, customer choice and too often, lives. When it
isn’t denying medication that has been proven useful to cancer
patients, it is attempting to mandate medicine and ban food supplements.
If one didn’t know any better, one might conclude that the FDA and
related health agencies of the federal government, want you to get sick.
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And from Dr. Rebecca Carley –
Soldiers being trained to give immunizations to base civilians
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=50931
By Jimmy Norris, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday December 13, 2007
YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea — With even more family members on the way to
South Korea as part of the transformation of U.S. forces on the peninsula, the
18th Medical Command had some good news for those who will be seeking
immunizations.
Thanks to a team of instructors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in
Washington, 19 more 18th Medical Command soldiers will be qualified Friday to
administer immunizations to civilians.
The instructor team was in South Korea to give a five-day immunology course to
medics.
Prior to the course, the medics were qualified to give immunizations only to
active-duty soldiers. The five days of training are normally part of Walter
Reed’s 5½-week immunization and allergy technician course.
But the cost and loss of manpower involved in sending them on temporary duty
for that training would not have been practical, said Master Sgt. Desmond Smith,
18th Medical Command spokesman.
“It’s easier to bring someone here than to send 19 soldiers to the States,”
he said.
The visiting instructors did not cover the allergy portion of the 5½-week
course, so students will not receive what the Army calls an additional skill
identifier. They will, however, receive a certificate of completion for their
training and a memorandum verifying they have completed the training necessary
to give immunizations to children.
“There was clearly a need at 121 [Combat Support Hospital] to increase the
number of people who could give pediatric immunizations,” said Maj. Cecilia
Mikita, who led the team from Walter Reed.
The training covered 20 types of immunizations and six ways to administer them.
It also included lectures on record keeping, the effects of various vaccines on
the body, and the proper handling and storage of vaccines.
Included in the hands-on portion of the course were stations at the hospitalÂ’s
pediatric immunization clinic, 1st Replacement CenterÂ’s medical in-processing
area, and Yongsan GarrisonÂ’s Troop Medical Clinic.
“A lot of stuff I learned on the job, but this course gives you a real
standard,” said student Pfc. David Dasilma. “I can educate my patients now and
tell them why they need a shot and what it does to their body.”
Smith said the training should lead to a decrease in wait times at immunization
clinics.
“It helps because if you come in for a shot there’s more than one person
available to give it now,” he said.
Dr. Carley Responds:
The idea that a 5 day course could prepare anyone to handle the consequences of
inoculations (which include anaphylactic shock and death) is insane. Worse yet,
“The visiting instructors did not cover the allergy portion”. As is explained
in my documents on www.drcarley.com, the corruption of the immune system caused
by inoculations with disease is what causes allergies, as well as all autoimmune
diseases and cancer.
This is the beginning: soldiers will now be shooting diseases, as well as
bullets. As you all know from the MSNBC links on my site, the bird flu vaccine
has already been licensed. The model state health emergency powers act gives
the governors of every state the authority to order inoculations be given to
citizens. The bird flu vaccine will cause the bird flu pandemic, which will
give the traitor in the white house an excuse to proclaim martial law. One of
his executive orders gives him the power to cancel the 2008 election in the case
of such a situation.
I tell you this not to scare you, but prepare you. Each of you must decide what
you will do when the knock comes on the door and you are ordered to take the
bird flu vaccine. The only way this can be stopped is to wake up enough people
that the plan does not work due to mass refusal, as occurred a couple of years
ago when Bush wanted all health workers to be inoculated with smallpox.
I ask each of you to send your own lists this e-mail, so they can send it out to
theirs, and so on. Let the truth spread like a virus, so the obvious plan is
not successful. There is nothing to fear but fear itself…the truth will set
us free. I do not believe this; I KNOW it.
Let’s roll….
Dr. Carley
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Dr. Rebecca Carley
http://www.drcarley.com
*** Dr. Carley’s information is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any
diseases. Rather, it is for educational purposes only. ***